Local council makes decision on ‘parking tax’ for authority employees including teachers
Fife Council has no plans to introduce a workplace car parking levy as it seeks to find almost £5 million of savings in the coming year.
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Beach and harbour area closed off after suspected oil spill in Fife
A beach and harbour area have been closed off after a suspected oil spill in Fife.
Fife schoolkids could be fed meals during the holidays in £400k scheme
A lifeline could be thrown to hundreds of children whose lives are blighted by so-called holiday hunger.
Fife Council agrees ‘in principle’ to scrap free school transport for hundreds of kids
A policy which could scrap free school transport for hundreds of children has been agreed in principle.
30,000+ Fife households to have bin days changed for first time in years
Around 30,000 households in parts of east Fife are to have their bins day changed for the first time in years.
Police called to school after 10 pupils consume tablets
Police were called to a school in Fife when 10 pupils fell ill after apparently taking tablets.
Fife Council moves cemetery bins after complaints about rubbish piled up next to graves
Fife Council has moved bins at a cemetery after relatives complained about rubbish being piled up next to graves.
Staff at Fife recycling centres to wear body cameras
Staff at Fife’s 11 household waste recycling centres will soon be wearing body cameras to record instances of abuse amid access changes.
Fife Council tenants asked: do you want to pay 3%, 3.5% or 4% more in rent?
Fife Council tenants are being given a say on how much more they pay in rent next year.
Fife Council approves £10m retail park despite ‘death knell’ fears
Revised plans for a new retail park on a prominent site in Cupar have been approved – despite concerns that it will mean the death knell for the town centre.
Probe finds ‘fly-tipping’ in local street was actually missed rubbish collection
An investigation into alleged fly-tipping in Glenrothes has revealed the pile of rubbish was actually a missed collection by Fife Council.
Local mental health charity boss given curfew after stealing almost £35,000 in ‘advance wages’
A mental health charity boss stole £35,000 from the organisation she ran in a "bizarre" scam was today spared jail.
Local families attend Gaelic sessions as council promotes use of the language
A new generation of native language speakers are learning the basics thanks to Gaelic Bookbug sessions for families across Fife.
Fears for safety as hundreds of local kids face losing school bus passes
Parents fear children will be put at risk as hundreds face losing their school bus passes.
Local councillors warn of ‘damaging cuts’ amid escalating violence in ‘pressure cooker’ classrooms
Damaging cuts to school budgets will do nothing to curb escalating violence and aggression in “pressure cooker” classrooms, Fife councillors have been warned.
Local council scraps burial and cremation charges for under-18 deaths
Parents who suffer the tragedy of losing a child no longer face the added burden of burial or cremation fees.
No cars on High Street and parking charges will stay, says council
Councillors will not look at reopening Kirkcaldy High Street to traffic or scrapping parking fees as a way of transforming the town centre’s fortunes.
Boss of local mental health charity stole almost £35,000 in ‘advance wages’
A mental health charity boss stole almost £35,000 from the organisation she ran in a "bizarre" scam was today facing jail.
Local council cops flak for bogus advice on food vans near schools
Education chiefs in Fife have been accused of issuing bogus advice over what can be done to stop fast food vans setting up near schools.
Local council to paint double yellow lines to prevent disabled drivers being blocked in
Fife Council will paint double yellow lines at Kirkcaldy Leisure Centre to prevent disabled drivers being blocked in.